Explosion? Blame the potholes
Staten Island's South Shore communities were recently shaken by what many took to be a massive explosion that rattled windows and doors. It was probably a sonic boom from a passing military jet, but we wonder ... Perhaps the big bang came from a hapless motorist's car as it hit one of the giant potholes down that way.

This train is late
When the Bayonne Bridge was built opened in 1931, Staten Islanders were assured that the bridge would one day carry trains to New Jersey, which would take them on to New York City. Indeed, the bridge was designed to do just that. But it never happened. Talk about creating a train route to New Jersey is revived from time...

October 09, 2014, 10:05AM

By JOHN MANCINI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ITALIC INSTITUTE OF AMERICA FLORAL PARK, L.I. "Leave the Santa Maria. Take the cannoli." Borough President James Oddo's announcement that the Columbus Day Parade will be replaced by an Italian festival because a festival is "deeper and richer," beggars the imagination. Granted, the traditional parade failed to excite the masses, but it was about... Full story »

August 01, 2015, 7:00AM

The plight of drivers on car-dependent Staten Island is underscored in a new official report on potholes. It's hardly a surprise that the facts and figures clearly depict our woes. Broken roads are a persistent and costly fact of life for car-owners in a borough with nearly half a million residents and more than quarter million registered motor vehicles.... Full story »

July 31, 2015, 11:45AM

July 31, 2015, 8:18AM

Secretary of State John Kerry may have let on more than he intended to when tried to persuade skeptical members of Congress to approve the agreement he and other diplomats hammered out with Iran earlier this month. Mr. Kerry told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday as he testified on Capitol Hill, "If Congress does not... Full story »

July 30, 2015, 8:27AM

Beleaguered Staten Island transit riders should be forgiven if they are not quite as enthusiastic as some officials about the prospect of a new transportation study. They've heard plenty of talk and a lot of visionary ideas put forth over the past several years and there have been at least a few much-ballyhooed studies, but the bottom line is... Full story »

July 29, 2015, 11:26AM

Every once in a while — but far more often than we'd like — we hear about one of those only-in-Staten-Island incidents that makes most ordinary borough residents cringe. And makes those who like to look down on this place we call home laugh in derision. Just such an incident was the recent rash of tire-slashings that took place... Full story »

July 29, 2015, 9:30AM

President Obama says the biggest problem that he has not yet been able to solve has to do with gun violence. Not the economy. Not foreign affairs. Not race relations. Despite the fact that 30 Americans are killed every day in shootings, Mr. Obama has been unable to convince members of Congress to support better gun control. "If you... Full story »